Re: [PATCH v2] perf libunwind: Fixup conversion perf_sample->user_regs to a pointer

From: Namhyung Kim
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 14:02:26 EST


On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 20:31:21 -0700, Ian Rogers wrote:
> The dc6d2bc2d893a878 ("perf sample: Make user_regs and intr_regs optional") misses
> the changes to a file, resulting in this problem:
>
> $ make LIBUNWIND=1 -C tools/perf O=/tmp/build/perf-tools-next install-bin
> <SNIP>
> CC /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/unwind-libunwind-local.o
> CC /tmp/build/perf-tools-next/util/unwind-libunwind.o
> <SNIP>
> util/unwind-libunwind-local.c: In function ‘access_mem’:
> util/unwind-libunwind-local.c:582:56: error: ‘ui->sample->user_regs’ is a pointer; did you mean to use ‘->’?
> 582 | if (__write || !stack || !ui->sample->user_regs.regs) {
> | ^
> | ->
> util/unwind-libunwind-local.c:587:38: error: passing argument 2 of ‘perf_reg_value’ from incompatible pointer type [-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
> 587 | ret = perf_reg_value(&start, &ui->sample->user_regs,
> | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> | |
> | struct regs_dump **
> <SNIP>
> ⬢ [acme@toolbox perf-tools-next]$ git bisect bad
> dc6d2bc2d893a878e7b58578ff01b4738708deb4 is the first bad commit
> commit dc6d2bc2d893a878e7b58578ff01b4738708deb4 (HEAD)
> Author: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Mon Jan 13 11:43:45 2025 -0800
>
> [...]
Applied to perf-tools-next, thanks!

Best regards,
Namhyung